Hello, newbie here, I've been a lurker for a while everyone here is so inspiring and seems super nice. It's a pleasure to finally post here. I digress...

I make several of these cookies in a jar and keep them for unexpected guests that pop into the house (aren't there always some that don't call before they come?!?) I set them up like an assembly line and can get several done at once.

In order to pack this fully I wrap a CLEAN white dishtowel around my fingers and pack in tightly after each layer. Now you might want to put the raisins towards the bottom but believe me you will have a mottled mess they work out much better on top.

oooh choco chips would be great. My little girl is allergic to chocolate so I don't make or keep anything in the house like that. I try to find things that she can have too, I feel so guilty if I am eating chocolate and she can't. Also instead of oats and raisins you can do chocolate chips and butterscotch chips or peanut butter chips. Or white chips and macadamia nuts. This recipe is great because it can be tweeked so many different ways.

Allergic to chocolcate!?! I would starve if I couldn't eat chocolate. I gave it up for a week (my friend had done a fast for a day for charity so I decided I would go off chocolate for a week to support her as my mum wouldn't let me fast). I was having cravings for it by the second day and finding substitutes (caramel bars and high sugar foods) by the third.

oooh choco chips would be great. My little girl is allergic to chocolate so I don't make or keep anything in the house like that. I try to find things that she can have too, I feel so guilty if I am eating chocolate and she can't. Also instead of oats and raisins you can do chocolate chips and butterscotch chips or peanut butter chips. Or white chips and macadamia nuts. This recipe is great because it can be tweeked so many different ways.

A typical quart canning jar works great for this. You can get them at any grocery store, yard sale, second-hand store, etc. You can buy the rings and lids to go with them and they are not all that expensive. If you buy them at a craft store, they cost more.